Pluto stopped being a planet 20 years ago. Why people still care

As astronomers continue discovering unusual worlds beyond our solar system, many say the question that divided scientists in ...

NASA’s Pluto Probe Could Lose 2 Key Instruments at a Crucial Moment

The spacecraft is currently approaching the outer boundary of the solar system as it prepares to cross into interstellar space.
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NASA’s administrator wants Pluto reconsidered - but NASA doesn’t get the final vote

Twenty years after Pluto lost its planet status, the debate is suddenly alive again. After a 10-year-old wrote to NASA asking ...
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Pluto’s heart is the size of Texas - NASA found something even stranger

After a nine-year journey, New Horizons transformed Pluto from a distant blur into a world of towering mountains, flowing ...
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A NASA Spacecraft Is Nearing The Edge Of The Solar System. Its Instruments May Be Shut Off Due To Lack Of Funding

New Horizons' instruments may be shut off before it reaches the Solar System's "termination shock", despite it being fully functional likely into the 2050s.
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NASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of funding

Next month, NASA’s New Horizons mission plans to shut off two instruments that study the solar wind because of a lack of ...

NASA Readies Its Quiet Supersonic Jet for a Noise Test Later This Year

The X-59 took off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California on August 21 for the latest in a series ...

'Interstellar' Meets 'A Quiet Place' in Paranoid Sci-Fi Thriller Taking Over Free Streaming

Starring Constance Wu and Mark O'Brien, The Outer Threat is a thrilling sci-fi film surging on Pluto TV charts in the U.S.